Sir Charles Tupper was born July 2, 1821 in Amherst Nova Scotia. Tupper was a father of Confederation when, as the premier of Nova Scotia he led that province into Confederation in 1867. He would later serve as the sixth prime minister of Canada. Tupper was sworn into office on May 1, 1896, just seven days after parliament had been dissolved. He lost the June 23 election and resigned on July 8, 1896. His 69-day term as prime minister is currently the shortest in Canadian political history. Tupper died October 30, 1915 at the age of 94. He was the last of the original Fathers of Confederation to die and lived the longest of any Canadian prime minister to date.